“Virtue hidden hath no value.”

— Claudian

Panegyricus de Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti, line 222 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_IV_Consulatu_Honorii*.html#222.

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Claudian 11

Roman Latin poet 370–404

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